Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers' Monthly Journal, Volume 561922 |
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... cause a " Snappy Action " of the brakes , which tends to cause rough handling of the train . Where the standing travel is 62 to 7 inches most satisfactory results are obtained . WALSCHAERT VALVE GEAR Question . Please answer the follow ...
... cause a " Snappy Action " of the brakes , which tends to cause rough handling of the train . Where the standing travel is 62 to 7 inches most satisfactory results are obtained . WALSCHAERT VALVE GEAR Question . Please answer the follow ...
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... cause a cross - compound compres- sor to pound . Recently a new com- pressor was applied to my engine , and at times , it pounds that hard you would think it would tear itself from the en- gine . I have given the compressor every ...
... cause a cross - compound compres- sor to pound . Recently a new com- pressor was applied to my engine , and at times , it pounds that hard you would think it would tear itself from the en- gine . I have given the compressor every ...
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... cause the brakes to apply . The feed valve not controlling brake pipe pressure as intended , that is , allowing the pressure to vary , will cause the brakes to " creep on , " and the rem- edy for this is to clean the feed valve . A ...
... cause the brakes to apply . The feed valve not controlling brake pipe pressure as intended , that is , allowing the pressure to vary , will cause the brakes to " creep on , " and the rem- edy for this is to clean the feed valve . A ...
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... cause the older runners preferred freight runs for various reasons - more money was the principal reason . This young runner soon discovered that he couldn't make the time if he nibbled on the brake pipe pressure to make the stops , so ...
... cause the older runners preferred freight runs for various reasons - more money was the principal reason . This young runner soon discovered that he couldn't make the time if he nibbled on the brake pipe pressure to make the stops , so ...
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... cause of the de- struction of life and property and rot- ten brake rigging adjustment is always in evidence . In regard to long and short piston travel and the shocks that con- dition produces , the immortal Turner said : " THAT IS A ...
... cause of the de- struction of life and property and rot- ten brake rigging adjustment is always in evidence . In regard to long and short piston travel and the shocks that con- dition produces , the immortal Turner said : " THAT IS A ...
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Page 236 - Commission shall initiate, modify, establish or adjust such rates so that carriers as a whole (or as a whole in each of such rate groups or territories as the Commission may from time to time designate) will, under honest, efficient and economical management and reasonable expenditures for maintenance of way, structures and equipment...
Page 460 - And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers...
Page 121 - That no restraining, order or injunction shall be granted by any court of the United States, or a judge or the judges thereof, in any case between an employer and employees, or between employers and employees, or between employees, or between persons employed and persons seeking employment, involving, or growing out of, a dispute concerning terms or conditions of employment...
Page 479 - And inasmuch as most good things are produced by labor, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose labor has produced them. But it has so happened, in all ages of the world, that some have labored, and others have without labor enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue. To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government.
Page 110 - Washington is the mightiest name of earth — long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty, still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name no eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness to the sun or glory to the name of Washington is alike impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name, and in its naked deathless splendor leave it shining on.
Page 289 - Who, hopeless, lays his dead away, Nor looks to see the breaking day Across the mournful marbles play! Who hath not learned, in hours of faith, The truth to flesh and sense unknown, That Life is ever lord of Death, And Love can never lose its own!
Page 117 - It couldn't," but he would be one Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried, he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it. Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never do that; At least no one ever has done it.
Page 39 - If you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him. If he pays...
Page 110 - Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Page 369 - We, here in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men.